Senior Computer Specialist - Data Center

Senior Computer Specialist - Data Center

Seattle, WA

The individual in this position will provide leadership in the planning, development, implementation, management, and support of a highly complex and distributed data center.

• Research, recommend, plan, and install new hardware and systems.
• Maintain hardware and software inventory
• Maintain technical documentation of all systems for problem resolving and problem diagnosing procedures.
• Assess user needs/requirements:
  Research, recommend and/or request networking products, hardware, and software applications.
• Participate in testing and evaluating hardware products in planning for institutional standards.
• Plan, develop, test and schedule server and desktop client software patches.
• Provide technical expertise and leadership for a complex department infrastructure.
• Serve as the primary network technical contact to the Center for Shared Services.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software for all end user devices and servers

• Assess, prioritize, implement, maintain, and enforce security measures that will comply with state and federal regulations (i.e.
  
  - HIPAA). Includes, developing and enforcing security standards, audits, and policies for compliance, and coordination of security investigations.
• Analyze, plan, develop, implement, and maintain network security measures, including network monitoring tools, antivirus systems, firewalls, physical securities, and user training.
• Establish and maintain security access to the local area network: oversee and assist in creating and maintaining user accounts, monitor network security.
• Establish and maintain network trusts to IT and other necessary systems.
• Analyze, plan, develop, implement, and maintain a disaster recovery plan
• Schedule and run routine network and systems backups and coordinate/maintain off-site storage of recovery archives.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's Degree in CSE, Business Information Systems, or related
• 3 years of direct end user support as well as management of IT systems
• Minimum 5 years’ experience performing progressively more complex and responsible tasks including design, development, and maintenance of multiple servers, preferably in a data center environment.
• Provide excellent customer service by actively listening to customer’s concerns, effectively communicating options, respecting the customer’s decisions and implementing them in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Commitment to continuous improvement in work process and efficiency in an ambiguous environment
• Cultivate positive working relationships with coworkers, management, customers, manufacturers, vendors and the general public.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation as required.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of current versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux Servers.
• Must have experience working in a virtualized environment, specifically Hyper-V and VmWare clusters.
• Must have strong scripting skills, preferably Power Shell and/or Bash.
• Must have experience working with data center storage, preferably Exablox but any SAN/NAS experience will do:
  Nimble, Dell, Net App
• Federated Authentication using Shibboleth, SAML, ADFS or LDAP
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Device Management systems such as SCCM or Puppet
• WSUS, MDT, WDS, Active Directory, GPO, IPv4, TCP/IP, VPN
• Familiarity with the ITIL foundation framework
• Project Management
• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain server hardware and peripherals
• Demonstrated communication skills and ability to work with personnel of various levels of technical background.
• Experience in training others in the use of computer systems.
• Ablility to work with minimum supervision.
• Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except where there are legal requirements such as license/certification/registration.

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
• CCNA
• Security Certifications
• Programming languages; .Net, Java, C, C++, Python
• Data Center Management

• Schedule- 100%. Shift 1
• Monday- 8am-5pm | Tuesday- 8am-5pm | Wednesday- 8am-5pm | Thursday- 8am-5pm | Friday- 8am-5pm |
• Location
  - Seattle Campus
• Estimated Duration of Assignment- 02/12/18 - 04/30/18 (possible temp to permanent)
• Location:
  
  Seattle
• Pay: $34 per hour